by thevagenda
The issues facing women in India are not fundamentally different from those facing women in the rest of the world – the difference lies in the dire nature of the situation here. There is an enormous disparity of wealth in this country, with the rich being at least “6-ipads-and-4-cars” rich and the poor being “no-toilets-and-no-roof” […]
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When I was growing up I practised my make-up skills on a dismembered head I kept on my desk. She had luscious blonde locks, tarantula-like eye-lashes, and a wide-eyed, shocked, deer-in-the-headlights stare, possibly owing to the fact that she was wondering why she could not feel her legs. I splashed mascara, blusher, and lipstick over […]
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By Bianca Franqueira Hanks* (*aka Bianca Gómez Ellis) (‘name n. A word or words by which an entity is designated and distinguished from others….’) In recent years, as I have watched more and more of my peers shuffle off into marriage, one thing that never fails to fascinate me is that age old question relating to […]
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by thevagenda
The Would Not Bang Meme mocks those who over-scrutinise women’s bodies, but the ‘would’/’wouldn’t’ language plays into the same narrative Wouldn’t this be an odd scenario? It’s summer. You’re dining, alfresco. The waiter brings out your deep fried calamari, or whatever it is you might find on an alfresco menu. Whatever it is, it looks […]
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It’s hard for me to admit this but, up until now, I have been in the habit of simply waking up and getting dressed– without fully considering how each and every one of my choices may affect my fatness that particular day. See, I erroneously believed that my fatness had to do with how much […]
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You are handsome, no matter what they say. Words can’t bring you down… oh no. Kind of jarring, isn’t it? There’s something sort of ridiculous about it… the concept of a man needing to believe that he’s handsome, and society be damned; he is a strong, independent man and he is thoroughly handsome in his […]
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Last week, whilst stuck in bed for a couple of days with the dreaded lurgy, I found myself doing something so utterly retrograde that I could almost hear Liz Jones over at The Daily Mail screaming “Oi, feminism, in yer face!” Because instead of using the time to recuperate, read books, catch up on Orange […]
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I’m Bryony Kimmings. I’m a performance artist. But don’t let that make you hate me. It’s not all bleeding in galleries and shouting “Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit” with Dennis Pennis (only die hard Spaced fans like me will get that reference.) Imagine me somewhere between Dave Gorman, Dawn Porter and David Attenborough. I am someone who […]
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We couldn’t find the video online so here’s some crap from their website. On a very deep level, I need telly. That hour or so of crap telly that you get on an evening in is the most mindless part of my day – a pleasing, formless cerebral pap, absorbed gently and vacuously while […]
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You pluck, you trim, you wax You change your natural state You shave, you cleanse, you tweeze Before you copulate Lie back for your vajacial To the beautician it’s just a chore But you hope your vagina’s prettier Than the one she saw before And as for remodelling This is apparently what goes Symmetry and […]
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I used to think that sex was fine when it was silent. Well, not silent, but punctuated solely by the usual sounds you’d expect to hear when two people are inexpertly manoeuvring parts of themselves in and out of each other: slapping, squishing, grunting, moaning, whispered apologies for accidentally ramming the other person into the […]
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Dear Hollywood, This is a slightly different letter than what you’re used to – but felt it was a necessary one. We’ve all seen the trailer for the new movie Bad Neighbours, right? I know you guys have. You know, the one where the hot young frat guy moves in next door to the married […]
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